Johan Vansummeren
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox cyclist Johan Vansummeren (born 4 February 1981) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2016 for the Template:UCI team code, Template:UCI team code, Template:UCI team code and Template:UCI team code teams.
Biography
Vansummeren was born, raised, and resides in Lommel, Flanders, Belgium.[1] After two seasons in the amateur ranks, Vansummeren turned professional with Template:UCI team code in 2004.[1]
Although Vansummeren's role was primarily that of a domestique, he competed as a team leader during the classic season.[2][3] In 2011, Vansummeren won the biggest race of his career, Paris–Roubaix.[4][5] Vansummeren won the race after escaping from three other riders with Template:Convert remaining, winning by nineteen seconds at the velodrome in Roubaix.[6][7] He was victorious, despite riding the final Template:Convert with a flat tire.[6][8] Vansummeren also won the 2007 Tour de Pologne and rode the Tour de France nine times.[9]
Vansummeren signed with AG2R La Mondiale for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.[10] In June 2016, he announced his retirement from the sport after being diagnosed with a heart problem that had been detected in February at the Tour of Oman and resulted in him missing the classics season.[9]
Major results
- 1999
- 1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Junior Tour of Wales
- 2001
- 4th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 4th Circuit de Wallonie
- 5th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 1st Stage 5
- 8th Grand Prix de Waregem
- 2002
- 1st Circuit de Wallonie
- 1st Zellik–Galmaarden
- 3rd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 5th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 2003
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 2nd File:Silver medal uci.svg Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 3rd Beverbeek Classic
- 4th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 7th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 9th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 10th Overall Tour de Normandie
- 10th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 2004
- 8th Grand Prix Rudy Dhaenens
- 10th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Bert Roesems)
- 2005
- 4th Overall Tour Down Under
- 2006
- 1st File:Jersey green.svg Points classification, Tour of Britain
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 9th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 2007 (2 pro wins)
- 1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 7
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2008
- 8th Paris–Roubaix
- 2009
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 10th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2011 (1)
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Duo Normand (with Thomas Dekker)
- 2012
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour of Qatar
- 9th Paris–Roubaix
- 10th Strade Bianche
- 2014
- 10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A pink jersey Giro d'Italia | Did not contest during career | |||||||||||
| A yellow jersey Tour de France | — | 136 | 109 | 62 | 86 | 90 | 29 | — | 147 | — | 74 | DNF |
| A red jersey Vuelta a España | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | 79 | 88 | 118 | 121 |
Monuments results timeline
| Monument | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | 85 | 101 | 87 | 133 | 60 | 98 | 123 | 81 | 74 | 98 | 156 | |
| Tour of Flanders | 120 | DNF | — | 51 | DNF | DNF | 54 | — | 49 | 20 | DNF | 105 | |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | 92 | 8 | 5 | DNF | 1 | 9 | 50 | 38 | 75 | |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 29 | 61 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Giro di Lombardia | Did not contest during his career | ||||||||||||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
External links
- Template:Cycling Archives
- Cycling Base: Johan Vansummeren Template:Webarchive
- Cycling Quotient: Johan Vansummeren
- Garmin-Sharp: Johan VansummerenTemplate:Dead link
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